8 injured in gas cylinder blast
Eight people were injured when a gas cylinder exploded at a fair in Kalai upazila of Joypurhat yesterday.
The injured are Azizul Islam, 40, Rabiul Islam, 29, his son Tafiqul Islam, 8, Swadin Islam, 14, Shakhawat Hossain, 30, gas cylinder owner Dulu Mia, 50, and two unidentified people.
Kalai Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Nuruzzaman Chowdhury said Dulu Mia brought the gas cylinder to Karimpur Nabanno Fair for filling balloons. The cylinder burst, leaving eight people injured on the spot.
Locals took them to Kalai Upazila Health Complex from where three were sent to Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College Hospital in Bogra as their injuries were critical, said the OC.
Four people were injured when a gas cylinder went off in Dinajpur on Wednesday.
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